Evolutionary survival strategies of the female giant panda: optimizing energy resources and expenditure prior to pregnancy by postponing corpus luteum reactivation
J. R. M. Wauters, K. S. Wilson, T. Bouts, C. Vancsok, B. Mulot, A. Leclerc, M. Haapakoski, J. Kok, R. Kuehne, A. Ochs, A. S. McNeilly, M. Rae, R. Andrew, W. C. Duncan, S. J. Girling, , L. Vanhaecke
This study investigates giant panda reproductive physiology, finding that pregnancy lasts 42 days and involves a triphasic progesterone profile with CL reactivation postponed to shorten the active luteal phase.
bioRxiv · Jun 28, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology